I love my computer's screensaver. It's random photos from all our picture files. Every 10 seconds or so a picture that could be up to 8 years old flashes onto the screen. We have nearly 8000 photos stored to date, so it's like a blast from the past when something like My Boy's first day of preschool appears, or a bloody shot of Hubby's face the day he crashed on his Quad. Unexpected reminiscing. Often we turn off the TV and all sit in front of the computer and watch our family's history through this photo show. It's cool when My Boy will say, "I don't remember that!" when he sees a picture of DQ at 18 months old. The whole concept of life existing before he was born is mind boggling to him. We ooh and ahh at all the funny, loving, sentimental shots. Sometimes we look with silence.

Every Thursday I am going to post a picture that is powerful, that expresses emotion, and speaks volumes to me. Here's one that is worth a thousand words.

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We do the same thing with the screen saver as you! Isn't that fun when the kids just sit and wait for the next picture? I don't have near the libraray you do (or the quality for that matter), but I guess my kids are easily amused!

What a great shot. My mom does the same thing with the screensaver. I'll be talking to her on the phone and she'll be like, "oh, look, here's you and Julie and your baby shower," and then a few minutes later, "oup, remember that dinner on the terrace in Orvieto?" I finally have to be like, "Mom, turn OFF your screensaver!" :-)

I have done this before and you are right, it is fun. My eldest daughter always wants to see our family digital picts and pushes her way to the front any time I am working on the picts. Maybe I will change my screen saver tonight...might be fub! Thanks for the inspiration!

Ok so how does this work? Im new to blogging and havent really experienced with any of these things,....where do I put your button? And what exactly am I supposed to do? You should add instructions for people like me,...lol

Well I am pretty new to the blogging scene but I saw your icon thingie on a blog I was cruising through and wondered if I could give it a try. So if its all right with you, I'll dig out some of my moms old photos and give em a whirl!

Like you, I have thousands of pictures on my external hard drive. At one point, they were all on my computer hard drive, and it failed. My computer guy was able to save them for me, so now I keep them safe. I so need to get them printed and into albums...some day. I'll be doing TWT again next week!

I have commented on many A Thousand Words Thursday entries of other bloggers, but never participated. I have seen some bloggers use videos in the past. That is what I did today for my first post, but from now on I will post old photos. I think this is a wonderful idea and thank you for sharing. I look forward to next week and meeting new bloggers. Tkae care.-Kiki

We have the same screen saver. just now we have very few pictures in our system. But now I am working on that!I am going to add all the photos from mine and husband's childhood to the date...After that it is going to be a very memorable experiance everytime...

I found your blog through BlogFrog and wanted to come visit. We do the same thing with photos except we have one of those digital photo frames and it rotates through a hundred or so pictures. I love seeing older photos that I had forgotten about. When Grandma comes to visit, she just sits and stares that the moving pics like it was TV.

I also wanted to say welcome to BlogFrog. If you have any questions or suggestions for how we can improve, please let me know. I' look forward to following your blog!

Love the photo, I will be coming back to enjoy your families photos. It's what I call a stored memory. I love digital photos, sometimes we need a little reminder of where our families have been. Thanks for sharing a little part of your life with us.ncjeepster@aol.com

Love the picture! I also use my saved pictures as a screnesaver. I love seeing my kids when they were little and other family members, especially those who have passed on. Do you have a Mr. Linky? How do we join in? I have grabbed the button and have it on my blog now and would love to join in on this meme. Hope to hear from you!!

This is a great idea! I couldn't tell you what I had for dinner last night - but I can remember all the smells and tastes and times when all my old photos were taken. I recently took a trip to my fathers house which I hadn't been to in years and picked up some old photos that I hadn't seen in nearly a decade. It was a matter of seconds, and everything circumstantial behind those photos came right back to me. I totally get it :)

I have a nice camera but I don't use it much. I always seem to be the one with my hands full. Whether it be cooking the meal when family is together for a function or helping with a craft project it's always something when I would rather be taking pictures. I love the idea of having pictures scrolling as a screen saver. I have to see if I can figure out how to do that.